Aston Villa have had their kits this year designed by fashion label Luke 1977, headed by Luke Roper who is local and also a massive Villa fan. Villa have seen their kit sales increase by 700% this season because of this! Bloody smart some of them too:
https://www.footyheadlines.com/2018/...d-kit.html?m=1
I wonder if this is something Hibs could look into beyond Macron? I immediately thought of Lyle and Scott as a Scottish brand, but sure there are others. Thoughts?
Beyond that, I’d love to see a return of Umbro - we have a lot of classic kits by them that they’d do a great job of putting a modern spin on.
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19-08-2018 01:08 AM #1
Next Kit Manufacturer
Last edited by Austinho; 19-08-2018 at 02:19 AM.
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19-08-2018 01:19 AM #2
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Verygood idea, but it would come down to the money offered I would think.and these big sports brands blow everyone out the water.
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19-08-2018 05:42 AM #3
Kestin Hare would be amazing!
Failing that, Umbro kits are head and shoulders above anything else.''It's always been just part of the culture. Growing up, for most working-class kids, is all about football, music or clothes. You might not have much money, but whatever you have got, you're going to look good.'' - Paul Weller
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19-08-2018 07:06 AM #4
Personally I’ve liked the Macron kits
Great quality and unique designs to us - the 1875 and crest imprints have been a touch
I’m not desperate to go back to a big brand, template kits and no relationship with the club, even some epl have catalogue shirts - shocking
The “Nike Deal” (through JustSport - I think) was shocking, they weren’t able to, or weren’t interested in, produce more of the 2015/16 kits after we won the cup. These home shirts now go for £150+ on eBay - I hate to think how much the club missed on
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19-08-2018 07:16 AM #5
All it would take is for someone to send a strip to China and have it made in bulk for a few quid, ship it back over here and sell on the quiet.
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19-08-2018 07:23 AM #7
I remember folk were happy to see the back of le coq sportif but the Nike deal was a shocker. The Macron deal seems similar to the one with le coq sportif in that hibs have more say in the design. Personally Iike it.
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19-08-2018 07:25 AM #8
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19-08-2018 07:44 AM #9
I really couldn't care who the kit is made by. Hibs sign a deal with a manufactrer worth X amount, after that what we make per kit is minimal. There's a reason Adidas paid £800M to make Man Utd kits, there's one company making big money from sales and it isn't the football club.
I thought laat seasons Macron efforts were decent, this years are pretty crap. I'm not going to give it too much thought; it's a football strip.PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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19-08-2018 07:47 AM #10This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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19-08-2018 07:48 AM #11
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We should make our own kits. Buy some templates from China for like £10 each, stitch on a badge and sell for like £40.
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19-08-2018 07:51 AM #12This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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19-08-2018 08:25 AM #13This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Not sure I like the idea of a fashion brand making football kits, Villa is the only example I am aware of? But if we did Pringle would be cool (and Scottish)
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19-08-2018 09:04 AM #14
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I'm not checking the facts, but really? 700%?
Sounds impressive, but did Villa retain their 16/17 kit for last season? If there was no change in kit last term, I suppose it's understandable. If a kit's worn for two seasons, a breakdown of 85%+ of replica kit sales being in the first year and only around 15% in the second season sounds feasible. But we surely aren't claiming that, say, only 10% of Villa fans bought the last new home kit, while 80% have shelled-out for this one.
Clothing manufacture is a hard business to crack. I'd be disappointed if the Club was using valuable time actively looking for an arrangement with a known label. A stand alone China plan really would be asking for burnt fingers.
Surely most fans inclined towards buying replica shirts will buy almost every new home kit that comes out.
Personally, I think this season's is such a shocker that I doubt I'd buy it, even if I found the sponsor acceptable.
I've not bought a shirt since Marathon became sponsors. Nothing against them and people who've dealt with them, both on behalf of the Club and in the gambling industry generally, are impressed by them. I don't have anything against proper bookies or gambling in general either, but I do object to the "In yer face" partnership between football and these online casino firms. Marketing is aimed specifically at the ignorant and the vulnerable. I'm being serious when I say that the percentage of fans watching a game in a pub who've had a bet on it likely exceeds the percentage of punters at a racetrack who've bet on any individual given race.
The Fraser McEwan shirts were the first ones in ages that I didn't buy. Same dafty moral reason. I know the guy is a Hibby and repo man is a legitimate occupation, but I drew the line at advertising it. I've no problem with lager, blended whisky or ginger beer... Or local building or protective clothing companies😒.
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19-08-2018 09:20 AM #15
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19-08-2018 09:25 AM #16
Well the Aston Villa away white top is very comfy and looks good with black printing of “McGinn 7”
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19-08-2018 10:08 AM #17
Well the Aston Villa away white top is very comfy and looks good with black printing of “McGinn 7”
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19-08-2018 10:13 AM #18
Let ST holders vote on one of 3-5 designs for next season's kit. Do it every year.
I still don't understand why we don't do this.
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19-08-2018 10:21 AM #20
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Macron all the way for me, I'm definitely a convert.
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It also means a lot of fans end up unhappy if the shirt they preferred doesn’t get picked. Say the winner got 30% of the vote, that means 70% didn’t necessarily like it.
Plus, you’d be surprised how much bad taste the general public. Collectively they don’t know good design unless it’s thrust upon them. Greenock Morton did this recently and the chosen result was hideous, and some very talented designers efforts got thrown on the scrap heap.
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19-08-2018 10:39 AM #22
Would anyone be too disappointed to see a new deal with Macron? They've made a few great strips for us, last year's away and this year's home (odd collar aside) in particular.
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19-08-2018 10:40 AM #23This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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